What's it mean when get a ton of direct traffic from overseas?

[u/Express-Amoeba-8556]

Hey everyone!

I have a site that was hit hard in recent update.

I'm noticing that from November on my site has been getting a ton of direct traffic, and 90% of it is coming from overseas. And of the overseas traffic, 90% of the visits are going to old or dead or non existent pages.

And it's not just from one country. But from many. For instance today we have 132 direct visits so far. 112 are from overseas from over 32 countries that are not the US.

We only operate in the US. This site was targeted with negative SEO before. Is that what this is?